ENGINEER’S REPORT

WASTEWATER DISCHARGE

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Name of Establishment : RO-MA PIGGERY FARM

2. Address : Sitio Catanaga, Salogon
San Jose, Camarines Sur
3. Type of Industry : Animal Production
4. Type of Ownership : Private
5. Production/Operation Time : 24 hours
6. Total Floor Area : 717 m2
7. ECC No. : ECC-RO5-1903-0032
8. Name of PCO : MR. MANUEL R. PASA JR.

II. TOTAL DAILY VOLUME OF WATER CONSUMPTION

Total daily volume of water consumption is based from the water demand for floor
washing/cleaning of fattening and breeding buildings, drinking and cooling of pigs as shown
below with an estimated amount of 9.53 m3/day. The source of water is from a well.

For floor washing/cleaning:

Area Water Demand Total

(m2) (L/m2/d) m3/day
Fattening building I 243 1.5 0.365
Fattening building II 270 1.5 0.405
Breeder building 204 1.5 0.306
Total 1.071

For drinking:

No. of Water Demand Total

Heads (L/head/d) m3/day
Sow (farrowing) 9 37.5 0.337
Sow (with litters) 8 45.5 0.364
Sow (pregnant) 15 15.7 0.235
Sow (dry) 13 15.7 0.204
Gilts/replacement stock 6 15.7 0.094
Boar 1 15.7 0.015
Fatteners 225 7.7 1.733
Growers 90 5.5 0.495
Nursery/weaners 25 3.5 0.087
Total 3.563

For cooling:
No. of Water Demand Total
Heads (L/head/d) m3/day
Total pigs 392 12.5 4.9

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 III. TOTAL DAILY VOLUME OF DISCHARGED RAW WASTEWATER TO THE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT FACILITY (WWTF)

Raw wastewaters from the animal production (piggery) operations enter the wastewater
treatment facility which is composed of bio-digester, dewaterer and lagoon. The computation
of the discharged of raw wastewater is based in the hydraulic principle that “the rate at which
mass exits a system is equal to the rate at which mass enters a system in any steady state
process”. In other words, “what comes in comes out”. Thus the amount of the raw wastewater
is the same that of the water consumption data stated above.

IV. NATURE & CHARACTERISTIC OF WASTEWATER

In the operations of the pig production, wastes consist of feces and urine, wasted feed, spilled
water from the drinking nipples and leaking pipes, and water used for cleaning the pens and
cooling the pigs. Because wastewaters are collected in open drains, they contain runoff water
plus soil and other particles carried by the runoff water. These contaminants will significantly
have impacts to bodies of water. The DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2016-08 otherwise
known as Water Quality Guidelines and General Effluents Standards mandatory requires the
wastewater treatment be employed prior to the disposal of wastewater into the environment
either into bodies of water or on lands.

In compliance thereof, the RO-MA Piggery Farm constructed a Sewage Treatment Facility. The
wastewater or sewage that gets into the treatment facility undergoes bio-digestion and
dewatering processes. The effluents discharged in the constructed lagoon have been
characterized and compared with DENR Effluent Standards (DAO No. 2016-08) as shown below:

Pig Production DENR Effluents’ Remarks

Effluents (mg/L) Standards (mg/L)
BOD 16 50 Passed
TSS 85 100 Passed
DO 8.5 5 Passed
Source: Bicolandia Environmental Testing & Consultancy Services, Legazpi City

V. EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS AND ESTIMATED EFFICIENCY

The wastes generated from the pig production (piggery) operations come from the feces and
urine, wasted feeds, spilled water from the drinking nipples and leaking pipes, and water used
for cleaning the pens and cooling the pigs. Its quantities are computed as follows:

Total volume of wastewater generated per day (m3/day)

= Average water consumption x 90% (m3/day) + Average volume of pig manure (m3/day)

Therefore;

Average water consumption x 90% 9.53 m3 x 90% 8.6 m3/day

Average volume of pig manure (m3/day) 392 heads x 1 gal/pig x 1.5 m3/day
0.0038 m3/1 gal
Total volume of wastewater generated per day (m3/day) 10.1 m3/day

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RO-MA Piggery’s wastewater treatment process is as follows:
 Pre-Treatment, which involves the breaking down of relatively large digestible particles
in wastewaters prior to entering the reactors;
 Anaerobic digestion, or the disintegration of biodegradable materials in the
wastewaters through biological processes facilitated by microbes which thrive in the
conditions promoted by the reactor; and
 Post-Treatment of biogas, effluent, and sludge resulting from anaerobic digestion.

The farm’s wastewater treatment facility is composed of drainage canals, a collection tank, an
underground concrete bio-digester, dewaterer, and clarifying lagoons.

The bio-digestion system reduces biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended
solids of pig farm wastewater by approximately 80%.

While the dewatering process reliably and efficiently concentrate the digested sludges from
bio-digesters into high solids filter cakes for easy and cost-effective disposal. Thickened cake
water content is usually 80%.

Thereby, this reduces the risks of water contamination.

The actual design and layout of the WWTF is shown below:

Specifications of RO-MA Piggery Farm’s Wastewater Treatment Facility

Phase Process Component Number of Description/Equipment
Units
Pre-treatment Settling Pre-Settling 1 1.5 m by 1.5 m
Storage Tank
Biological Anaerobic Bio-digester tanks 1 6 m by 6 m
Treatment Digestion/
Fermentation
Dewatering Dewaterer tanks 3 3 m by 6 m
Post-treatment Settling Post-settling 3 3 m by 6 m
lagoons

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 VI. RECEIVING BODY OF WATER

There is no nearby receiving body of water. The effluents are discharged in the constructed
lagoons.

VII. POLLUTION PREVENTION/ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Impacts Source/Activities Measures

1. Wastewater
- Generation of pig production and  Water conservation
wastewater maintenance strategies
 Treatment of wastewater
in WWTF
2. Solid wastes
- Generation of manure, pig raising, feed  minimize feed wastage -
sludge wastage, WWTF fixed feeding schedule
 treatment of manure in
WWTF
 sludge used as soil
conditioner
- generation of (non- Injuries, adverse  observe sound pig raising
infectious) carcasses, environmental conditions, practices and biosecurity
blood etc. measures
 carcass disposal burial in
mortality pit
- generation of general general farm activities  waste segregation
solid wastes  provides adequate
collection bins, storage
area in strategic locations
 reduce, reuse, recycle of
materials
3. Hazardous materials
- generation of hazardous, facilities' operation  monitor resource usage
toxic wastes and maintenance to avoid expiration of
chemicals, etc.
 disposal through
accredited Treatment,
Storage, and Disposal
(TSD) facilities
 reusing, recycling certain
materials (for various
construction and
maintenance activities)
- generation of infectious, veterinary activities,  carcass disposal through
pathological wastes, infections, outbreaks burial in mortality pit
carcasses  pathological / innfectious
materials disposed in
mortality pit
4. Air pollution
- generation of biogas anaerobic digestion  capturing through bio-
digesters and combustion

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 using biogas-fueled
engine
- generation of air stand-by generator sets  operate machineries
pollutants (fossil fuel combustion) according to
manufacturer’s
instruction
 regular inspection and
preventive maintenance
of equipment
5. Risk of Environmental
Degradation
- (risk of) surface water wastewater collection,  operates WWTF as
and groundwater quality transport, treatment, prescribed
degradation, disruption disposal  regular inspection and
of soil properties, preventive maintenance
contamination of WWTF; regular
desludging
 maintenance of
vegetation (filter strips)
around lagoons
 ensures effluents meet
EMB standards
sludge management,  drying of sludge and
storage, leachate using it as soil
amendment
 regular inspection and
preventive maintenance
of lagoons
 maintenance of
vegetation (filter strips)
around lagoons
 established vegetative
filter strips around
disposal site
pathological wastes, carcass  uses materials according
disposal, leachate to registered use /
- handling, transport, manufacturer's
storage, disposal of instruction
hazardous and infectious  use of suitable containers
materials with labels
 provides secured
collection and storage
area
 regular inspection of
storage, disposal facilities
 will make MSDS available
on-site of use
 will develop and observe
safety protocols
 will install appropriate
signage, warnings
 will provide spill kits on

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 storage areas
 will prepare a
contingency response
plan
 will provide adequate
training to staff on
handling of hazardous
materials
- (risk of) pollution from biogas collection, storage,  operates Material
fugitive biogas combustion Recovery Facility (MRF) as
prescribed
 regular inspection (leak
test) and preventive
maintenance of MRF
6. Health and Safety –
General Farm Operations
- odor - nuisance, pig houses, manure  regular cleaning of pig
discomfort, health issues houses and maintenance
of drains
 maintains existing
vegetation
 provision and use of
appropriate PPE
WWTF, effluent, MRF  gas trapping and
combustion through MRF
 regular inspection and
preventive maintenance
of WWTF-MRF
decomposing materials  ensure sludge pile is well
(sludge and organic solids) stirred, prevent
waterlogging

VIII. COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY

Biogas Digester, Dewaterer and Lagoon = Php 2.5 million

Prepared by:

MR. MANUEL R. PASA JR

Pollution Control Officer (PCO)

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